sans

See also: şans and såns

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EnglishEdit

WOTD – 31 May 2010

EtymologyEdit

From Middle English sans, borrowed from Old French sans, senz, sens, from Latin sine (“without”) conflated with absēns (“absent, remote”).

PronunciationEdit

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /sænz/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ænz

PrepositionEdit

sans

1. (dated) without, lacking
   • 1590, William Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost, act v, scene 2 (First Folio ed.)

     Ber. […] And to begin Wench, ſo God helpe me law,
     My loue to thee is ſound, ſans cracke or flaw.
     Roſa. Sans, ſans, I pray you.

   • 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), page 766:

     Those with brooms started to sweep literally, at the feet of the crowd, driving it back into the side streets from which it had emerged to form this assembly – now riders sans steeds.

   • 1991, A. R. Morlan, The Amulet, page 212

     But regardless of when Wally had parked himself out in that backyard—sans coat or jacket—somehow, the old lady must have known where Wally would be before he drove out to the Isaacs trailer—or else she followed him out there from his house.

   • 2007 September 4, Natalie Angier, “A Supple Casing, Prone to Damage”, in New York Times^[1]:

     Skin needs ultraviolet radiation to begin the synthesis of vitamin D, but dermatologists say you can probably get the necessary electromagnetic input from a mere 20 minutes of sun exposure a week, as you go about your daily affairs, sunblocked and sans beach.

SynonymsEdit

• (without): without, minus

TranslationsEdit

without — see without

AdjectiveEdit

sans (not comparable)

1. (typography) short for sans serif.

AnagramsEdit

• Ass'n, Nass, ass'n, ass'n., assn, assn.

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CatalanEdit

NounEdit

sans

1. plural of san

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FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old French sans, senz sens, from Latin sine conflated with absentia in the sense "without". Near Cognates include Spanish sin, Portuguese sem, Italian senza, Catalan sens, sense.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /sɑ̃(z)/

• audio

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PrepositionEdit

sans

1. without

Further readingEdit

• “sans” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Middle FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

Old French senz.

PrepositionEdit

sans

1. without

DescendantsEdit

• French: sans

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NormanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old French sans, senz, sens, from Latin sine conflated with absentia in the sense "without".

PrepositionEdit

sans

1. (Jersey) without

AntonymsEdit

• avec

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Norwegian BokmålEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin sensus, via French sens

NounEdit

sans m (definite singular sansen, indefinite plural sanser, definite plural sansene)

1. sense

Derived termsEdit

• sanselig

ReferencesEdit

• “sans” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian NynorskEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin sensus, via French sens

NounEdit

sans m (definite singular sansen, indefinite plural sansar, definite plural sansane)

1. sense

Derived termsEdit

• sanseleg

ReferencesEdit

• “sans” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.